The Sex of the Angels, the Saints in Their Heaven
A Breviary
Breviaries, books of standard religious readings for particular denominations, are a familiar genre with a long pedigree. But you've definitely never seen a breviary like this one. The Sex of the Angels is a playful, often ironic take on the breviary in the form of a collection of letters that begins by taking up early Christian cosmology and follows the Biblical mutations of the angel from Babylon to the present day. As it goes along, Raoul Schrott also weaves in a history which ranges from ancient Greek legends of the origin of light to the medieval darkness of the eclipse. But there is more going on here than meets the eye: the letters are…
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Weitere Autoren: Dall'o, Arnold Mario (Illustr.) / Leeder, Karen (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-85742-555-3
- EAN: 9780857425553
- Produktnummer: 24529457
- Verlag: Seagull Books London Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 152 S.
- Masse: H17.1 cm x B22.1 cm x D1.4 cm 452 g
- Auflage: 2nd ed.
- Gewicht: 452
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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